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Two openly gay men are opposing Portland City
Commissioner Randy Leonard; Just Out is
endorsing the incumbent. Who do you support and why?
e support Frank Dixon for Portland City
Council Position 4.
Frank is fully qualified by skill, experience and
temperament. His experience includes city govern
ment, a successful legal practice, military service
and leadership in the gay community. Frank serves
as co-chairman of Basic Rights Oregon and presi
dent of the Northwest District Association, has
served on the Police Internal Investigations Audit
ing Committee and received a police commenda
tion for his community policing work.
In short, Frank has the trust and confidence
of a diverse cross section of the Portland
community.
Leonard has expertly used his office to gen
erate self-promotional sound bites and head
lines. A close look at his record does not show
the vision and community-building track record
we need to make Portland the future city of
choice for families and businesses. We need a
city councilor who will work with the commu
nity— not an old-style “city boss” who governs
by fear and intimidation.
Our current problems are so big and compli
cated; we must solve them by finding common
ground despite different agendas. To do this, we
need someone with the skills to unite. Frank has
proven that he has these skills and the hard
work to put them into action.
Frank Dixon is the endorsed candidate of
BRO. We will be voting for him May 18. We
urge readers of Just Out to do the same. Frank’s
Web site is www.dixon4council.com.
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J ean a F razzini , B eckie L ee , D ebbie B urke ,
D aniel C heyne , L aura D ellinger , P aula
F unatake , S teven J ohnston , A lisa A.
S immons , K aren S hah and R oey T horpe
Basic Rights Oregon
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I
support Frank Dixon. In contrast to Randy
Leonard, Frank Dixon is gay; that is the major
reason why Just Out should have endorsed him in
the first place. Second, however, is that Frank
Dixon is totally qualified for the position; he is the
most judicious-minded person I know in the gay
and gay veteran community, and he is one of the
most respected figures in the gay community.
Third, Frank is co-chairman of Basic Rights
Oregon and therefore obviously has the trust and
confidence of a large part of the Portland
community. Fourth, Frank is a man of towering
integrity. Fifth, he is so well-rounded politically and
intellectually that he is well able to make
important civic decisions on the broadest range of
issues. Sixth, he has experience in city government
as well as in legal practice. Last, but as important as
any of the above, Frank Dixon is NOT a fringe
candidate, as Just Out mistakenly claims.
L ee C oleman
Aloha
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I
support Frank Dixon because of his experience
in problem solving in government affairs. Frank
will listen to the electorate and act on their input.
He has a proven record in community policing in
all of Northwest Portland; our city and our
community are safer because of his efforts. Frank’s
style of governing is not to create controversy that
gets attention but to make positive changes to
make our city a better place for all our citizens. As
a gay man 1 support Frank Dixon not because he’s
gay but because he is the best candidate we have
running for City Council Position 4.
N orm C osta
lark
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P
lease support Mr. Dixon. I have known
Frank for many years, and he is about the
most perfect candidate for our community we
could ever ask for. Mr. Dixon has spent years
working for our rights and our well-being; we
need his abilities and commitment.
S cott F loyd
a n sen
Portland
Portland
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for council, a gay man who also has been a
leader in issues important to Just Out’s readers.
1 will continue to work for the day when all
political races— up and down the ballot— offer
voters just such a choice, deciding between two
strong supporters of rights for everyone in our
community. Let’s all get out and VOTE.
N ick F ish
Portland
Do your research
To t h e
K
E d it o r :
PTV online ran an article April 20 from
The Associated Press that began, “A judge
Portland
ltvs never too late
To t h e
E d it o r :
I
attended the political demonstration
April 18 in front of Portland State Universi
ty. This was to counter the representatives of
Fred Phelps.
This was the first time I had ever done some
thing like this, but 1 felt the need to respond
when a friend of mine asked for people to come.
I represented perhaps 10 percent of the commu
nity that was there beyond the students of PSU.
Thankfully, their numbers were much larger,
and together we presented a nice, dignified
response to the words and gestures of Phelps’
supporters, who numbered perhaps eight. In the
end they left first, leaving the street to us.
So, to all of you who didn’t make it, perhaps
I might offer that it is never too late to be pres
ent, to counter hate with love, to let yourself he
known to others, to vote, to write letters. At 45
years old, 1 am glad that I finally took to the
streets.
Thank you to each of you who over the years
defended and protected my right to have that
privilege. Thank you also to the students of PSU
for defending their right to he who they are.
W illiam K aufman
Portland
To the E ditor :
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M ike K rzeszak
Log Cabin fever
Portland
am supporting Frank Dixon. Far many years
he’s been involved in civic work, neighbor
hood associations and the Office of Neighbor
hood Involvement and out on the streets for
numerous issues. Also, Randy Leonard is not very
supportive of neighborhood associations and the
people who spend countless hours in these or
ganizations. He doesn’t network and build coali
tions the way Frank Dixon does.
This is a very important issue to my partner
and me, since we are one of the couples who
stood in line on that first day for a marriage cer
tificate from M ultnomah County. KPTV
should really do a little more research before
printing a story. The article it printed reads like
something it was handed from the Defense of
Marriage Coalition! I invite others to share
their views with news director Troy McGuire at
kptvnews@kptv.com.
P
atrick Guerriero, executive director of the
Log Cabin Republicans, has called Presi
dent Bush’s endorsement of the Federal M ar
riage Amendment to the Constitution a “dec
laration of war on gay and lesbian families”
and “a dramatically bad step for the presi
dent.” Guerriero warned the G O P that Bush
has jeopardized the 1 million gay votes he
received in the 2000 election. Gay conserva
tive columnist Andrew Sullivan has told
Aaron Brown on C N N , “The Republican
Party has lost the support of gay people for a
generation.”
It is now more important than ever for gay
men and women to engage in conversation
with our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters,
friends and co-workers over how damaging and
hateful the amendment is to our lives. If the
G O P feels the political fallout from attacking
gay people and our families, along the lines of
what Guerriero and Sullivan have predicted,
Bush’s radical position to write discrimination
into our nation’s Constitution might mark the
beginning of the end of G L B T people being
used as a political punching hag.
on Tuesday ordered Multnomah County to
stop issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian
couples....” The article’s whole point is to
highlight only the fact that a judge ordered
Multnomah County to stop issuing marriage
licenses to gays and lesbians.
The same day JustOut.com posted its story M arc P aige
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
about how we had won another victory for gay
marriage. The AP article neglects to even men- j
tion (as you point out) that “The ruling also
requires the state of Oregon to recognize the
he April 16 feature “Art and P:EAR-ity”
marriages between same-sex couples who have
1 omitted the artist credit for the cover
already gotten married in Multnomah County.
image. It was a painting called “1 G ot You
Couples already married are the first couples in
Back.’” by Ameh, a p:ear youth.
the country to be legally recognized by any
Just Out regrets the error.
state.”
correction
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